pop ups have my location

nidge_2

hi
when brosing the web a pop up will say dating services or anything, in( brighton) my area, can i disable anything so any web sites do not know my area i have the usual spyware
thanks

Taffybiker

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this sort of thing is based on your IP address, and the location of your ISP. You could always use a proxy server...

nidge_2

thanks,
but when i used aol there was no problem i changed isp to sky and now it happens. a proxy would be ok but i read that it slows down your connection speed?

robt_2

nidge wrote: »

thanks,
but when i used aol there was no problem i changed isp to sky and now it happens. a proxy would be ok but i read that it slows down your connection speed?

There really is no reason to worry, I wouldn't bother. They don't know where you live, they just know very roughly what area you are in from your IP address.

nidge_2

thanks, i won't bother with them

alanrowell

Personally I'd want to update the security of my computer to stop the pop-ups appearing in the first place.

ABH_3

nidge wrote: »

hi
when brosing the web a pop up will say dating services or anything, in( brighton) my area, can i disable anything so any web sites do not know my area i have the usual spyware
thanks

Spybot Search & Destroy
- install, update, execute. click the 'Imunize' button let it do its thing.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Malware Bytes
- Install the free version, update, execute
http://malwarebytes.org/

Say yes to let them delete whatever rubbish you've got on your system then simply reboot. As for teh popups themselves, then depending upon whatever browser you're using if it's IE8 then Tools, Popup Blocker - ON.

If it's firefox then install 'Adblock Plus': https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

If it's Opera Browser, simply press F12 and tick 'Block Unwanted Popups'.

HTH

nidge_2

thanks, have all the above,and just installed firefox plugin adblock